118 elements. Click one for its anatomy.
1 氢 H qīng2 氦 He hài3 锂 Li lǐ4 铍 Be pí5 硼 B péng6 碳 C tàn7 氮 N dàn8 氧 O yǎng9 氟 F fú10 氖 Ne nǎi11 钠 Na nà12 镁 Mg měi13 铝 Al lǚ14 硅 Si guī15 磷 P lín16 硫 S liú17 氯 Cl lǜ18 氩 Ar yà19 钾 K jiǎ20 钙 Ca gài21 钪 Sc kàng22 钛 Ti tài23 钒 V fán24 铬 Cr gè25 锰 Mn měng26 铁 Fe tiě27 钴 Co gǔ28 镍 Ni niè29 铜 Cu tóng30 锌 Zn xīn31 镓 Ga jiā32 锗 Ge zhě33 砷 As shēn34 硒 Se xī35 溴 Br xiù36 氪 Kr kè37 铷 Rb rú38 锶 Sr sī39 钇 Y yǐ40 锆 Zr gào41 铌 Nb ní42 钼 Mo mù43 锝 Tc dé44 钌 Ru liǎo45 铑 Rh lǎo46 钯 Pd bǎ47 银 Ag yín48 镉 Cd gé49 铟 In yīn50 锡 Sn xī51 锑 Sb tī52 碲 Te dì53 碘 I diǎn54 氙 Xe xiān55 铯 Cs sè56 钡 Ba bèi57 镧 La lán58 铈 Ce shì59 镨 Pr pǔ60 钕 Nd nǚ61 钷 Pm pǒ62 钐 Sm shān63 铕 Eu yǒu64 钆 Gd gá65 铽 Tb tè66 镝 Dy dī67 钬 Ho huǒ68 铒 Er ěr69 铥 Tm diū70 镱 Yb yì71 镥 Lu lǔ72 铪 Hf hā73 钽 Ta tǎn74 钨 W wū75 铼 Re lái76 锇 Os é77 铱 Ir yī78 铂 Pt bó79 金 Au jīn80 汞 Hg gǒng81 铊 Tl tā82 铅 Pb qiān83 铋 Bi bì84 钋 Po pō85 砹 At ài86 氡 Rn dōng87 钫 Fr fāng88 镭 Ra léi89 锕 Ac ā90 钍 Th tǔ91 镤 Pa pú92 铀 U yóu93 镎 Np ná94 钚 Pu bù95 镅 Am méi96 锔 Cm jú97 锫 Bk péi98 锎 Cf kāi99 锿 Es āi100 镄 Fm fèi101 钔 Md mén102 锘 No nuò103 铹 Lr láo104 Rf lú105 Db dù106 Sg xǐ107 Bh bō108 Hs hēi109 鿏 Mt mài110 Ds dá111 Rg lún112 鿔 Cn gē113 鿭 Nh nǐ114 Fl fū115 镆 Mc mò116 Lv lì117 鿬 Ts tián118 鿫 Og ào
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Every modern element character is a phono-semantic compound: a radical on the left gives the state at room temperature, a phonetic on the right hints at the sound. Four radicals cover the whole table:
- 金 jīn, “metal” — solid metal
- 石 石 shí, “stone” — solid non-metal
- 气 气 qì, “gas” — gas
- 氵 水 shuǐ, “water” — liquid